Partners

The Carver-Piedmont Agricultural Institute Established in 1947, this historic site was home to the George Washington Carver Regional High School and served African American students from Culpeper, Greene, Orange, Madison, and Rappahannock counties. The building, now vacant, is owned by Culpeper County. Along with surrounding property, it offers the potential to become a major agricultural center for the region. It is envisioned that the site will ultimately be the home of an agricultural research and development center with a focus on nursery and greenhouse horticulture, row crops and forages. Food and agriculture processing complements the agricultural and educational values which were central to Mr. Carver’s life and legacy. A feasibility study is underway.

One of 21 regional commissions chartered by the Commonwealth of Virginia, we provide professional planning and technical resources, a concerted approach to regional cooperation, planning assistance with program delivery, and a forum for the interaction of appointed and elected local government officials and citizen members.

The Virginia Cooperative Extension Virginia Cooperative Extension brings the resources of Virginia’s land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University, to the people of the commonwealth.

Understanding that knowledge is power, we place that power in the hands of Virginians and help them learn how to use it to improve the quality of their lives. Our Extension agents and specialists form a network of educators whose classrooms are the communities, homes, and businesses of Virginia, where they bring research-based solutions to the problems facing Virginians today.

Rural Madisonis a registered non-profit citizen’s organization dedicated to thoughtful planning and policies for sustainable growth , stewardship of our natural, cultural and historical resources and the protection of the rural character of our region, working to improve the well-being of our people, environment and economy.

Culpeper Human Services is responsible for the administration and oversight of all local department of social services programs as well as other programs under its umbrella to include: Culpeper Head Start and Early Head Start, Kid Central (before and after school child care and summer camp), Culpeper Cosmetology Training Center, Culpeper Career Resource Center, Families First (a Healthy Families agency), Sam’s Place (community outreach and Information and Referral center), and Full Circle Thrift Store. We work closely with our community partners to help with programs like the Medication Access Program, Hospital Outstationed Medicaid Worker, Mental Health Treatment for Free Clinic patients, Food Closet voucher referrals, Clothing Vouchers, Bus Tokens, Indigent Burials, Utility/Heating Assistance, Emergency Sheltering, Holiday Food/Gift baskets, Angel Trees, SNAP/Community garden and many others.

Since 1966, Rappahannock Goodwill Industries (RGI) has believed in the power of work to change lives. As a social enterprise that offers educational and vocational programs in the communities it serves, RGI prepares people for work, creates jobs, and builds bridges to community employment.